GROUP DISCUSSION
1. Open with prayer. (2-5 min)
2. Share your story: Talk about a time when you were unfairly excluded. (7-10 min)
3. Read Acts 10:1-11:18.
4. Discuss these questions with your group. (20-45 min)
Looking back at your notes from this week’s message, was there anything you heard for the first time, stuck with you, challenged or confused you?
The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven. (Acts 10:9-16; be sure to read the entire context of this story found in Acts 10:1 through 11:18)
What are some common prejudices based upon?
What’s something about you that might bias another person or group `against you?
What would be considered common or “untouchable” to a Christian today?
God used a vision to show Peter that he was not to call common what God had called clean.
Finish this sentence: “I used to feel this way about ______ ; but God changed my perspective by _______.”
LIVING IN 4D
Who in your life have you been holding at arm’s length for one reason or another?
What is a tangible step you could take this week to demonstrate full acceptance of this person?
What is the one important thing you will take away from this weekend’s message or our community group discussion? Is there any challenge, difficulty or praise that you would like to share with the group for prayer?
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